Tag: Scary Ghost Stories and tales of the glories

Jennie (Mary Virginia) Wade, a seamstress living in Gettysburg during the mid-19^th century, pines for the love of her life, Johnston (Jack) Skelley, an Army soldier of 87^th Pennsylvania. He is in Virginia fighting for the Union.

In July of 1863, the Confederate Army, led by Gen. Robert E. Lee of Northern Virginia, launches the Gettysburg Campaign, and the rages of war envelope the town. Civilians are caught between the battlefronts and forced inside to seek shelter in their basements. Continue reading →